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Rabban Gamaliel II (also spelled Gamliel; Hebrew: רבן גמליאל דיבנה; before c. 80 –c. 118) was a rabbi from the second generation of tannaim. He was the first person to lead the Sanhedrin as nasi after the fall of the Second Temple in 70 CE.
Gamaliel II was the head of the Jews in Palestine in the first and second century, appointed by Vespasian. He settled the dispute between the schools of Hillel and Shammai, and defended Judaism against Christianity and other challenges.
Gamaliel II (flourished 2nd century ad) was the nasi (president) of the Sanhedrin, at that time the supreme Jewish legislative body, in Jabneh, whose greatest achievement was the unification of the important Jewish laws and rituals in a time of external oppression by Rome and internecine quarrels.
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Although Rabban Gamaliel I is sometimes referred to as “the Elder,” he is often referred to simply as Rabban Gamaliel, making it difficult to know whether a source refers to him or to his grandson, Gamaliel II. With regard to extra-Talmudic sources, there are two references to Gamaliel I in the New Testament.
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rabban gamaliel ii, also called Rabban Gamaliel of Jabneh, grandson of (1), succeeded *Johanan b. Zakkai as nasi c. 80 c.e. He saw his life's work as the strengthening of the new center at Jabneh and the concentration and consolidation of the people around the Torah, constituting an authority that would be capable of filling the place of the ...
Simeon b. Gamaliel II was a prominent rabbi and leader of the third generation of the Great Sanhedrin. He was a lenient halakist, a supporter of Greek culture, and a founder of the office of ḥakam.
Gamaliel II definition and meaning from The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia . Appointed "Nasi."The recognized head of the Jews in Palestine during the.....
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